Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
August 13, 2025
Submitted
August 18, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N627QX
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000679
Aircraft time
21,274 hours, 14,308 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

FLIGHT 2481. DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND LIQUID IN THE BOTTOM AREA OF BOTH WHEEL WELLS. IT SMELLED LIKE OIL AND/OR GAS. ONE DRIP HAD ACCUMULATED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FUELER HOOKING UP & BEGINNING FUELING. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND EVIDENCE OF FLUID IN CHANNEL BETWEEN WHEEL WELLS & ON BELLY BETWEEN PANEL 195AL & DRAIN NEXT TO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT. FLUID HAD SLIGHT FUEL ODOR & APPEARED TO BE MIXED WITH WATER, AS FLUID IN WHEEL WELL CHANNEL WAS FLOATING ON WATER. REMOVED BELLY PANELS 195AL, 192AL, 192CR & GVI'D ENTIRE AREA UNDERNEATH PANELS. GVI'D ENTIRE WHEEL WELL AREAS & WING ROOT. NO ACTIVE LEAKING OR DRIPS NOTED. CLEANED ALL RESIDUAL FLUID & PERFORMED FUEL TRANSFER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, NO LEAKING NOTED DURING TRANSFER. CROSSFEED VALVE SOV OPS NORMALLY DURING TRANSFER, IAW AMM 28-21-15-710-801A. FUELER PRESSURE REFUELED WHILE LOOKING AROUND FOR LEAKS, NO LEAKING NOTED DURING REFUEL. NO NEW FLUID APPEARED WHERE FLUID WAS ORGINALLY FOUND. PANELS 195AL, 192AL, 192CR HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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